Migrants and militants : fun and urban violence in Pakistan
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- 2004
- Topics
- Pākistān -- Relations interethniques, Pakistan, Etnische groepen, Overheidsbeleid, Pakistan -- Politics and government, Pākistān -- Politique et gouvernement, Muhājir Qaumī Mūvmenṭ, Muttahida Qaumi Mahaz, Political violence -- Pakistan, Muhajir (Pakistani people) -- Politics and government, Ethnicity -- Pakistan, Islam and politics -- Pakistan, Violence politique -- Pākistān, Muhādjirs -- Politique et gouvernement, Ethnicité -- Pākistān, Islam et politique -- Pākistān, Islam and politics, Ethnicity, Politics and government, Pakistani, Political violence, Islam, Politiek geweld, Muhajir Qaumi MuvmentĐ, Muhadjirs -- Politique et gouvernement, Violence politique -- Pakistan, Islam et politique -- Pakistan, Ethnicite -- Pakistan, Pakistan -- Politique et gouvernement, Pakistan -- Relations interethniques
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- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press
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- Language
- English
xiv, 214 pages : 24 cm
"Being part of a violent community in revolt can be addictive--it can be fun. This book offers a fascinating inside look at present-day political violence in Pakistan through a historical ethnography of the Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), one of the most remarkable and successful religious nationalist movements in postcolonial South Asia. The MQM has mobilized much of the 'migrant' (Muhajir) population in Karachi and other urban centers in southern Pakistan and has fomented large-scale ethnic-religious violence. Oskar Verkaaik argues that urban youth see it as an irresistible opportunity for 'fun.' Drawing on both anthropological fieldwork, including participatory observation among political militants, and historical analyses of state formation, nation-building, and the ethnicization of Islam since 1947, he provides an absorbing and important contribution to theoretical debates about political--religious and nationalist--violence. Migrants and Militants brings together two perspectives on political violence. Recent studies on ethnic cleansing, genocide, terrorism, and religious violence have emphasized processes of identification and purification. Verkaaik combines these insights with a focus on urban youth culture, in which masculinity, physicality, and the performance of violence are key values. He shows that only through fun and absurdity can a nascent movement transgress the dominant discourse to come of its own. Using these observations, he considers violence as a ludic practice, violence as "martyrdom" and sacrifice, and violence as 'terrorism' and resistance."--Book cover
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index
Ethnicizing Islam -- The Muhajir Qaumi movement -- Pakka Qila -- Fun and violence -- Making martyrs -- Terrorism and the state
"Being part of a violent community in revolt can be addictive--it can be fun. This book offers a fascinating inside look at present-day political violence in Pakistan through a historical ethnography of the Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQM), one of the most remarkable and successful religious nationalist movements in postcolonial South Asia. The MQM has mobilized much of the 'migrant' (Muhajir) population in Karachi and other urban centers in southern Pakistan and has fomented large-scale ethnic-religious violence. Oskar Verkaaik argues that urban youth see it as an irresistible opportunity for 'fun.' Drawing on both anthropological fieldwork, including participatory observation among political militants, and historical analyses of state formation, nation-building, and the ethnicization of Islam since 1947, he provides an absorbing and important contribution to theoretical debates about political--religious and nationalist--violence. Migrants and Militants brings together two perspectives on political violence. Recent studies on ethnic cleansing, genocide, terrorism, and religious violence have emphasized processes of identification and purification. Verkaaik combines these insights with a focus on urban youth culture, in which masculinity, physicality, and the performance of violence are key values. He shows that only through fun and absurdity can a nascent movement transgress the dominant discourse to come of its own. Using these observations, he considers violence as a ludic practice, violence as "martyrdom" and sacrifice, and violence as 'terrorism' and resistance."--Book cover
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index
Ethnicizing Islam -- The Muhajir Qaumi movement -- Pakka Qila -- Fun and violence -- Making martyrs -- Terrorism and the state
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